"rich layering" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of adding complexity by adding multiple layers to something, such as a story or sound. For example, "The novelist used rich layering to create an intricate plot with many twists and turns."
A rather serious trifle (£6.50) uses the last of the season's rhubarb in a smooth, rich layering of crushed nuts, cream, custard and sherry-soaked sponge.
Its publication led to numerous presentations, interviews, and walking tours to share his knowledge and affection for the urban landscape and its rich layering of culture and history.
In addition to cowriting three of the songs on Surprise, Eno was credited with creating the album's "sonic landscape"—a rich layering of electronic instrumentation and rhythms that complemented Simon's lyrics.
Before you see "Tempo de Verão" (Summertime), you hear it, as a rich layering of birdcalls fills the darkened stage at Dance Theater Workshop, from songbirds' trilling announcements to the mournful cooing of doves.
What is compelling, besides the simple delights of comedy, fantasy and nostalgia that old toys inevitably provide, is the rich layering of social and psychological meanings that the collection precipitates.
I press harder because I find it hard to believe that someone who spent three years shaping a character with such rich layering can remain emotionally detached when they see that character flattened out for cinematic convenience.
The rich layers of Stockhausen's "Gruppen" are captivating.
Both offer rich layers of liberating absurdity, expertly grounded in their own internal logic.
But while it has acquired a silly elasticity, it has also acquired rich layers of meaning.
There are many rich layers to explore in this impressive body of work.
We want to add to the rich layers of icons that have existed in Times Square over the decades".
